Review of Python

What is Python?
•Python is a popular
programming
language created by
Guido van Rossum in
1991
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Uses of Python

Web Software
development development

System
Mathematics
scripting
Why Python?
• Python works on different platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux,
Raspberry Pi)
• Python has a simple syntax similar to the English language.
• Python has syntax that allows developers to write programs with
fewer lines than some other programming languages
• Python runs on an interpreter system
• Python can be treated in a procedural way, an object-oriented way or
a functional way
Latest version of Python on October 5, 2020

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Python Indentation
•Indentation refers to the spaces at the beginning of a code
line
Example:

if 5 > 2:
print("Five is greater than two!")
Python Comments
•Comments can be used to explain Python code
and make the code more readable
•Comments start with #
Example:
#This is a comment
print(“Hello, world”)
 Variable Naming Conventions
•A variable can have a short name (like x and y) or a more
descriptive name (age, carname, total_volume). Rules for Python
variables:
• A variable name must start with a letter or the underscore character
• A variable name cannot start with a number
• A variable name can only contain alpha-numeric characters and
underscores (A-z, 0-9, and _ )
• Variable names are case-sensitive (age, Age and AGE are three different
variables)
Correct or Not?
1. myvar = "John“
2. 2myvar = "John“
3. _my_var = "John“
4. myVar = "John“
5. my var = "John"
Python Variable
•Variables are containers for storing data values
Example:
x=1
a, b=0,-1
a, b, c=0,-1, 2
Others:
b = “Sally” #This is a type of string
Casting

b="sally" #This is a type of string

b=int(4)
print(b)

b=float(4)
print(b)
Type() function
Example

x=5
y = "John"
print(type(x))
print(type(y))
“Double quotes” or ‘Single’ quotes
• String variables can be declared either by using single or double
quotes:

Example:
y = "John"
y = ’John’
Case sensitive
Example:

a=4
A = "Sally"
#A will not overwrite a
Multiple Variables

Example:
x, y, z = “one", “two", “three"
print(x)
print(y)
print(z)
One Value to Multiple Variables
Example:

x = y = z = "four"
print(x)
print(y)
print(z)
Output Variables
•The python print is used to output variables and
+ is used to combine both text and variable
Example:
x = “enjoying"
print("Python programming is " + x)
Other way:

x = "Python is "
y = “enjoying"
z= x+y
print(z)
Arithmetic Operations
Example:
x=5
y=3
print (x + y)

x=5
y=3
sum=x+y
sum
Assignment
Operators
Example:
a,b,c=0,-1,6
c%=3
c
Comparison Operators
Logical Operators
Example:
a,b,c=0,-1,6
a>b and c>b
True
Identity Operators
Example:

a,b,c=0,-1,5
a is c
False
Bitwise Operators
 References
• Source: https://www.w3schools.com/PYTHON/python_intro.asp